On the pitch it was a grim day for the United boss as his team suffered their 11th defeat of the season.

Phil
Jones blocked Romelu Lukaku's shot with his outstretched arm and
Leighton Baines converted the resulting spot-kick before Alex Buttner
played Kevin Mirallas onside and the Belgian beat David de Gea from a
tight angle.

Moyes tried to
put a positive spin on what was a dreadful defeat, but he did not hold
back when giving his assessment of his team's defending for both goals.

'I thought the two goals we conceded today were rank, rotten,' the United boss said.

'The
(first) goal was a big kick up the pitch, it was nodded down and picked
up, and for us to concede a goal like that was terrible.

'The second was a better move but we should have defended it much better that we did.

'We
gave away two terrible goals but prior to that we passed the ball
brilliantly well, kept the ball, had great control of the game.

'What we couldn't do is make enough chances, but we had a great control and we got done by two stupid decisions.'

EVERTON 2-0 MAN UTD

The
result and the performances of both sides showed just how much United
have regressed under Moyes and how far Everton have come under his
successor Roberto Martinez, who has now collected a record 20 league
wins since moving to Goodison Park.

United tested Tim Howard on just two occasions while Everton out-muscled and outclassed their opponents in midfield.

Wayne Rooney had a disappointing afternoon in front of goal while Lukaku caused Jonny Evans and Jones problems throughout.